Jack Keenan vs. Cy Young — Career Comparison

Jack Keenan
Pre-GenerationalKentuckyThrows RightNorth AmericaCincinnati Kelly's KillersAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Cy Young
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland SpidersNational LeagueHall of FameStarting Pitcher

Cy Young built a career as a starting pitcher and Jack Keenan as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jack Keenan posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 0 and WHIP 1.250 compared to 2.63 and 1.130 for Cy Young. By the career numbers, Jack Keenan had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jack Keenan and Cy Young

Jack Keenan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Jack Keenan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.13
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
906
1.11
Jack Keenan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.13
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
815
1
Jack Keenan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
511
0.63
Jack Keenan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
315
0.39
Jack Keenan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.86
61.86
Jack Keenan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.96
89.96
Jack Keenan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.13
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
749
0.92
Jack Keenan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.09
Jack Keenan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.02
Jack Keenan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
2147
2.63
Jack Keenan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Jack Keenan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.8
2.8
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Jack Keenan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.63
3.63
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Jack Keenan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Jack Keenan
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
27
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22068
27
Jack Keenan
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7356
9
Jack Keenan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6.75
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
7092
8.68
Jack Keenan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.75
6.75
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.68
8.68
Jack Keenan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
0.17
Jack Keenan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Jack Keenan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Jack Keenan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
4.5
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1217
1.49
Jack Keenan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Keenan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.49
1.49
Jack Keenan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5.63
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2803
3.43
Jack Keenan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.63
5.63
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Jack Keenan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.09
3.09
Jack Keenan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.125
1.125
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.547
0.547
Jack Keenan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
156
0.19
Jack Keenan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
0.2
Jack Keenan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0
Jack Keenan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
39.38
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29579
36.19
Jack Keenan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.1
Jack Keenan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
10.13
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3167
3.87
Jack Keenan
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.13
10.13
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Jack Keenan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Keenan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Keenan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Keenan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.13
1.13
Jack Keenan
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
33.75
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28201
34.5
Jack Keenan
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Jack Keenan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Jack Keenan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.38
39.38
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.19
36.19

Fielding Stats for Jack Keenan and Cy Young

Jack Keenan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Jack Keenan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
911
1.13
Jack Keenan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.29
Jack Keenan
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
27
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21744
27
Jack Keenan
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7248
9
Jack Keenan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
251
0.31
Jack Keenan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2015
2.5
Jack Keenan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
148
0.18
Jack Keenan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2414
3
Jack Keenan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2266
2.81
Jack Keenan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.87
93.87
Jack Keenan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.487
2.487
Jack Keenan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25.47
25.47
Jack Keenan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.05
Jack Keenan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Keenan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Keenan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Keenan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Keenan and Cy Young

Jack Keenan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
22
Jack Keenan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
918
177.62
Jack Keenan
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3101
600
Jack Keenan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2960
572.72
Jack Keenan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Jack Keenan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.154
1.154
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.538
0.538
Jack Keenan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
300
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
623
120.54
Jack Keenan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
300
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
483
93.45
Jack Keenan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
87
16.83
Jack Keenan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
6.77
Jack Keenan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
3.48
Jack Keenan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
140
27.09
Jack Keenan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Jack Keenan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Jack Keenan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Jack Keenan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.16
173.68
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
204.03
39.48
Jack Keenan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
300
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
834
161.37
Jack Keenan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
300
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
714
138.15
Jack Keenan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Jack Keenan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Jack Keenan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.516
0.516
Jack Keenan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Jack Keenan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.176
0.176
Jack Keenan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.408
0.408
Jack Keenan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Jack Keenan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
325
62.88
Jack Keenan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
290
56.11
Jack Keenan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
300
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
597
115.51
Jack Keenan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.22
182.68
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
212.45
41.11
Jack Keenan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
1.93
Jack Keenan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81
15.67
Jack Keenan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Keenan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
150
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PAverified
381
73.72
Jack Keenan
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.14
8.14
Jack Keenan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Jack Keenan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
9.67
Jack Keenan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Keenan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Keenan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
5.61
Jack Keenan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Keenan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
5.61
Jack Keenan
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100